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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 394"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 394 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "Jabour", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "Sheehan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-02"
+last_action: "2017-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42bd2641-3f8e-4ef9-b52d-61e5116541be"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "80ee261b26e952c13841da5b05589541dff65f921db104a1ea8833db64165cac"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 394 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **394 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0394Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DaPonte — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Sheehan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
+- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
+- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42bd2641-3f8e-4ef9-b52d-61e5116541be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+